Designed between 1913-1922, the Imperial Hotel was designed for the Imperial family, intended to replace the old Imperial Hotel, which had a wooden structure. The Imperial Hotel was Lloyd's most famous work in Japan, designed in the "Maya Revival Style" of architecture, the hotel incorporates a tall, pyramid-like structure; there are elements in the architectural structure which resemble characteristics of design movements. For example, the symmetrical design and the use of external culture (Mayans) is quite typical of Modernism, and the frequent use of geometrical forms and structuring resembles that of the Art Deco movement.
Wright's design and style was undoubtedly influenced by Louis H. Sullivan, whom employed Wright to work in the Adler and Sullivan studio. Below is an example of Sullivan's work:
Sullivan and Wright's design principles were very similar, the use of geometrical shapes and form decorated with organic symbolism and ornamentation. As he was a formal theorist on aesthetics, he proposed that architecture should exhibit the spirit of the time and the needs of the people, form should always follow function, however, his designs and philosophy went beyond the functional and structural aspect, and became expressionistic as well.
As for people influenced by Wright, Walter Burley Griffin was one of the notable architects to emerge from Wright's studio. Below is one of the many famous Griffin works:
The use of geometrical forms for the design, and the incorporation of local and organic materials was influenced by Sullivan's and Wright's works, following the principle of designing functional-based geometrical forms and blending its existence into its environment.
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